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How to pronounce compaction in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crunch, crush
Type of compression, compressing
Has types pulverization, grind, mill, pulverisation
Derivation compact
Type Words
Synonyms compression, concretion, densification
Type of concentration
Derivation compact

Examples of compaction

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Soil for container plants must be fertile and light enough to resist compaction.
From the washingtonpost.com
Histone H2B ubiquitylation disrupts local and higher-order chromatin compaction.
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In 1958, the modified Proctor compaction test was developed as an ASTM standard.
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A procedure called vertical mulching may help reverse the effects of compaction.
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This disperses your weight evenly so you won't move the pavers before compaction.
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To help avoid compaction around tree and shrubbery, Reeves recommends mulching.
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It also keeps the soil a tad cooler, reduces weeds and lessens soil compaction.
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Different mowing patterns reduce soil compaction and turf wear from mower wheels.
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Compaction is maintained by the confinement resulting in long term reinforcement.
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More examples
  • An increase in the density of something
  • Crush: the act of crushing
  • The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted
  • (compactions) Fossils that have undergone some degree of flattening of their three-dimensional structure.
  • (Compacted) This is a characteristic of a dry solid material to compress and/or harden, usually due to head-load or another type of pressure. Generally, pressure sensitive or cohesive materials will compact. Also, very fine materials often exhibit this characteristic.
  • (compacted) when the dead bark is persistent and compact with narrow fissures, usually kino impregnated
  • Squeezing of soil that results in loss of pore spaces.
  • The use of a piece of equipment to intensely pack soil, base material and sand bedding. Often using a powered tamper or plate compactor.
  • The densification of a fill by mechanical means.